more recent pics to be updated soon

looks great!
hope you keep her in a garage,thats a credit to you!

thanks. its kept in a heated garage and its stored in air chamber to protect it.So the best way possible to keep it nice.

Wow! Looks amazing. How long have you owned it?

Ive owned it around 6 months. I purchased the car off a friend of mine who had the car from new. it was his pride and joy but due to ill health I persuaded him to part with it. I always admired the car and I knew how rare they were getting especially in this condition. I love this car more than the wife.

grahama wrote: I love this car more than the wife.

Women don't often get as attached to cars as blokes.

That is what you meant, I'm sure

I'm the other end of the 1-owner scale - a 97,000 mile M-reg 1.6 SOHC but also Tahiti

John.
I do like the 216 gti.am I correct in saying it has the honda engine.bullet proof.
and I did actually mean this car is more important to me than the missus.
no im just joking.it is now my pride and joy.

It's a lovely looking car. However, if you say "no negatives", it's not really feedback, is it? ( what you're really asking for is rear end kissing . )

Richard. Im sorry but im not looking for a rear end kissing as you put it. To be fair this car cant be faulted in anyway possible.If there was any negatives about the car I would list them as Im an honest guy.Im proud to own the vehicle.

grahama wrote:John.
I do like the 216 gti.am I correct in saying it has the honda engine.bullet proof.

The Honda D16 engine is a lovely engine and generally is reliable, although you can kill any engine if you try hard enough. It has a few foibles, the ignition system for example.

The comparison is always made with the K-series, which is also a lovely engine provided it's well looked after, but expecting a 20-year old engine to have been looked after for all that time, by all previous owners is expecting a lot.

Both engines respond well to a little, or so sometimes a lot, of performance tuning.